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posted by [personal profile] stunt_muppet at 03:21pm on 11/02/2008 under , , ,

I figured out how to make icons.

And I just wasted THREE HOURS doing just that.

Why didn't anybody tell me macros were a gateway drug graphic? Why?

After my first few attempts at iconizing were a success, I decided, in celebration of the new Liz Shaw community 

[profile] legsofscience (which wins my vote for Best Community Name in the History of Ever), to direct my icon-making efforts towards Miss Shaw. So...underneath the cut are ten Liz icons, including variations and some Liz & Three, one Evil!Brig icon and variations (that took a million zillion years to get right), a One, a Delgado!Master, a Seven, and a Five/Turlough. Note that these were done solely with Microsoft Photo Editor and Open Canvas. They're pretty plain, and have no fancy textures/backgrounds/etc, because I don't know quite how to use those yet. All image edits, such as the text in the Brig icons, were done by hand.

The real fun's gonna happen when I cut loose on my CSI: Miami picture archive, and start color-filtering and gamma-tweaking with wild abandon on Miami's already ridiculously saturated color pallate.

Take what you want, but please credit if you do.

 ETA: Four more - three Three/Liz and one Three & Brig (mostly the same type of icon). Because I'm addicted.


ETA: Four more. Also, I don't know why Liz is in red and the Doctor's in blue. They just looked good that way.


Notes: 
1-3. The image these came from was pretty grainy, but I liked the effect it created, so I opted against fixing it.
5-7. Come from the prettiest picture of Liz ever.
11-12. Text: "You won't feel the bullets."
14. I'm sorry. I know it's all grainy and messy-looking, but I couldn't not make an icon of that.

Enjoy!

Maybe now I should do some actual work.
Music:: "God is God" - Juno Reactor
location: hidey-hole
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posted by [identity profile] eponymous-rose.livejournal.com at 10:08pm on 11/02/2008
Ooh, do share over at [livejournal.com profile] legsofscience! We could use the activity. ;)

Woohoo icons! :D One of these days I'm gonna teach myself to do them properly.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 08:30pm on 12/02/2008
Done and done!

It's not really that difficult (okay, I'm lying, it is) - just time-consuming. Hence the three hours of silliness.
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posted by [identity profile] srevans.livejournal.com at 10:20pm on 11/02/2008
Oh those are *lovely* cropped. I still have seen hardly any 3rd Doctor so I won't be snagging any, but all the same, job well done.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 08:33pm on 12/02/2008
Glad they turned out okay! Getting the right crop at the right size without it looking smushed or wierd at 100x100 was the hardest part; playing with the coloring was much more fun.

Speaking of icons, I cannot get over how adorably smug the Master looks in yours.
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posted by [identity profile] rainbowstevie.livejournal.com at 10:50pm on 11/02/2008
Macros as a gateway drug graphic...hee.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 08:36pm on 12/02/2008
But they are! You start out with simple captions, and then you start thinking, "Hey, some of these screencaps would make really spiffy icons! I wonder how I can do that..."

And then next thing you know, it's three hours later and you're getting cross-eyed from squinting into your image editing software. GATEWAY, I tell you.
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posted by [identity profile] antiwesley.livejournal.com at 06:52am on 12/02/2008
5-7: I agree. That's the one pic I have autographed and hanging on my wall.
One of my treasures. :)
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 08:38pm on 12/02/2008
Ooh, where'd you get the autograph? That's exciting. :D
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posted by [identity profile] antiwesley.livejournal.com at 11:07pm on 12/02/2008
Convention, long time ago.
(1998, to be precise, when I admitted to her that Liz was my first childhood crush at the ripe old age of 4...)

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Because Paul McGann is awesome...

posted by [identity profile] rhia-starsong.livejournal.com at 07:16pm on 12/02/2008
not doctor-related, but: http://nexus.mythicdesigns.net/hhscreencapswb.htm
have fun!
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O____O

posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 08:42pm on 12/02/2008
*falls over*

My goodness, he's so serious! And yet still so pretty!

I need to see this series, like, yesterday. :D
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posted by [identity profile] rhia-starsong.livejournal.com at 08:44pm on 12/02/2008
::Ponders:: What's your schedule like tonight?
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 08:59pm on 12/02/2008
Well, I've got a house meeting at 6:15 that should be over by 7-ish, and dinner before that...but I've already done my reading for class tomorrow, so after then I'm good.
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posted by [identity profile] rhia-starsong.livejournal.com at 09:07pm on 12/02/2008
Wanna see if we can either watch them with Kaylie or borrow the DVDs? I have to tell you that Paul McGann isn't in the first several. But they are still quite good, and yummy. Check out my new icon!
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 09:16pm on 12/02/2008
I like this plan. Shall I stop by your room after house meeting?

Hee. Icons involving that quote will always be a Good Thing.
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posted by [identity profile] rhia-starsong.livejournal.com at 09:21pm on 12/02/2008
lol. indeed. that sounds good. i am working on more icons now.
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posted by [identity profile] sterling-sky.livejournal.com at 05:00pm on 13/02/2008
(COMPLETE OFF-TOPIC COMMENT WARNING!)

My beloved used record store has s.1 of Fraggle Rock for sale for $30 +tax. Worth buying?
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 06:01pm on 13/02/2008
I'd say YES YES DO IT RIGHT NOW, but $30...*thinks*

...Is actually pretty good for a whole season of a TV show. Go for it!
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